Poetry.
, LINES BY A SCOTCHMAN. On reading that an act of the Australian Legislature, against the growth of Thistles, received the Royal assent " on the 19th March. . , What this ? forbid the growth o' Thistleß, . Auld Scotia's cherished symbol flower— The hair upon my head it bristles', '■'■' At sic' an awfu waste o' power! 'Tis idle wark, as time w;ll show, To root the bonnie plant frae ground ; , For nature still gars Thiatlos grow Whaur canny Scots are to be found. What soil sac puir not it can keep A Thistle green arming its* stanes ? -..'■ What land sac bare a Scotchman deep Canna pick somethiug off its banes ? As weel keep bees frae honey pots, ■ Keep cats frae cream, or bairns frae tirts, As Thistles and their brither Scots Frae lands whaur goud is found i'qnarrz. PUKCH.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 453, 7 March 1857, Page 5
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136Poetry. Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 453, 7 March 1857, Page 5
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